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general updates about the 2022 YOUNGA Forum?

Be part of a global event for impact

Are you an aspiring young changemaker?

Discover the future youth
want, the action we need.

2021 YOUNGA Youth Delegate Communiqué features key policy recommendations from youth
across 137 countries.

Our forum gets you right up close to world leaders, decision-makers and celebrity influencers.

Schedule At A Glance

Innovation Masterminds

Youth delegates only

Live sessions that connect Youth Delegates directly with VIP speakers in an intimate immersive setting to discuss global challenges, co-create solutions and exchange ideas. Shake the hands of peers around the word.

Four Week Leadership and Training Program

Youth delegates only

Youth Delegates receive access to a bespoke four week leadership and advocacy training program by BridgingTheGap Ventures, along with curated career advancement and networking opportunities. Apply Today

Global Programming

Open to everyone

Live streamed worldwide, our mainstage features candid intergenerational fireside chats between influential leaders and young changemakers, along with immersive 360 performances using mixed-reality.

Speakers United for Impact Including

Lewis Tan

Actor (Mortal Kombat) and martial artist

Ahmad Alhendawi

Youngest Secretary-General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) and first-ever United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth

Cara Delevingne

Model, actress and co-founder of MyEcoResolution

Johanna Lissinger

Ambassador, Ministry of the Environment, Sweden

Chief, Ogimaa Atcha-koo-way, Jim

Knowledgekeeper Foothills Ojibway, Turtle Island

Pitbull

Mr. Worldwide, Grammy Award-Winning Rapper, Songwriter and Record Producer

Julianne Hough

CEO and Founder of KINRGY

Kalen Allen

Digital Creator and Actor

Miya Cech

Actress (Nickelodeon's "The Astronauts")

Drew Ray Tanner

Actor on Riverdale, Somewhere Between and You Me Her, and Musician

Claudia Romo Edelman

Mexican-Swiss diplomat, social entrepreneur, and global mobilization expert

Alyson Stoner

Multi-disciplinary Artist, Writer and Digital Creator

Nikki Reed

Actress, entrepreneur and founder of BaYou with Love

Nick Vujicic

Speaker, Author, Evangelist and Entrepreneur

Cyrill Gutsch

Founder and CEO of Parley for Oceans

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Immersive VR/XR performances.
Inspiration from young changemakers around the world.

The experience

Cross-Sector and Intergenerational Dialogues

Participate in thematic discussions that bring together media influencers, policymakers, industry experts and young changemakers under 30. Programming ensures everyone is at the table to discuss, debate and co-create solutions.

Inclusive and Accessible

YOUNGA is accessible to audiences worldwide as a virtual concert and online conference, allowing regional watch parties set up in classrooms, school campuses, community centres and offices around the globe allowing for participants to interact.

Quality Engagement

BridgingTheGap Forums speakers, partners and audience members are equals. Engage in candid conversations, interactive Q&A sessions, roundtable discussions and innovation masterminds with a diverse community of leaders on topics you are passionate about.

Actionable

This is not another initiative to talk about the change we need—BridgingTheGap Forums focus on turning ideas into action. All speakers and partners will select a call-to-action for audiences to do in their community related to a cause they are passionate about.